#226C8B#226C8B

#226C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.086 H 230.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, -11.54, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 26.19, 243.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.055 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.086 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6806, 12.9280, 26.3536)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C8B #8B4122

analogous

#228B76 #226C8B #22388B

triadic

#226C8B #8B226C #6C8B22

tetradic

#226C8B #76228B #8B4122 #388B22

square

#226C8B #76228B #8B4122 #388B22

split-complementary

#226C8B #8B2238 #8B7622

monochromatic

#0A2029 #16465A #226C8B #2E92BC #53AED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#226C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#226C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C8B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C8B	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.086 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ad',
    500: '#226c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c8b;
$custom-light: #6d96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50068,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C8B

secondary

#B86F50

accent

#7344E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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